TEXTS:

Sprague's revised edition of Mountford, Bradley's Arnold Latin Prose Composition
Gildersleeve and Lodge, Latin Grammar

COVRSE OBJECTIVES:

This course is designed to help students improve their command of Latin by analyzing and writing Latin prose. Particular emphasis will be placed on mastery of Latin syntax and appreciation of idiom.

TESTING AND GRADING:

Each week, students will turn in one copy of their completed weekly assignment prior to going over the weekly assignment with the class. The weekly assignment will receive a letter grade and be returned to the student at the beginning of the next week's class. The average of the weekly assignment grades will count for 80% of the course grade. The final assignment, which will be turned in at the final exam period, will count for 20% of the course grade.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY:

Missouri State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution, and maintains a grievance procedure available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against. At all times, it is your right to address inquiries or concerns about possible discrimination to the Office for Equity and Diversity, Siceluff Hall 296, (417) 836-4252. Other types of concerns (i.e., concerns of an academic nature) should be discussed directly with your instructor and can also be brought to the attention of the Modern and Classical Languages Department Head. 

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION POLICY:

To request academic accommodations for a disability, contact the Director of Disability Services, Plaster Student Union, Suite 405, (417) 836-4192 or (417) 836-6792 (TTY), http://www.missouristate.edu/disability.  Students are required to provide documentation of disability to Disability Services prior to receiving accommodations. Disability Services refers some types of accommodation requests to the Learning Diagnostic Clinic, which also provides diagnostic testing for learning and psychological disabilities. For information about testing, contact the Director of the Learning Diagnostic Clinic, (417) 836-4787, http://psychology.missouristate.edu/ldc.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY POLICY:

Missouri State University is a community of scholars committed to developing educated persons who accept the responsibility to practice personal and academic integrity.  You are responsible for knowing and following the university’s student honor code, Student Academic Integrity Policies and Procedures, available at http://www.missouristate.edu/provost/3935.htm and also available at the Reserves Desk in Meyer Library.  Any student participating in any form of academic dishonesty will be subject to sanctions as described in this policy.

FOR POTENTIAL LATIN EDUCATION MAJORS:

LTN 312 works toward addressing the follow departmental B.S.ED criterion: Ability to read, understand, and interpret written documents and works of literature in Latin where relevant, as well as in translation.

SYLLABUS

We will adhere to the following syllabus. Translate only the even-numbered sentences for section A of each chapter.

Jan	14	Introduction
	21	Chapters 1-2	Elementary Rules of Composition; Latin Idioms
	28	Chapters 3-7	Uses of the Infinitive; Indirect Statement
Feb	04	Chapters 8-12	Adjectives, Adverbs, Relative Pronouns
	11	Chapters 13-15	Noun Clauses (Purpose and Result)
	18	Chapters 16-18	Noun Clauses (Fear, Command)
	25	Chapters 19-21	Independent Subjunctives; Direct Questions
Mar	03	Chapters 22-24	Indirect Questions; Indicative vs. Subjunctive
	10	Chapters 25-28	Apposition; The Nominative and Accusative Cases
	17	Chapters 29-32	The Dative Case
	31	Chapters 33-35	The Ablative Case
Apr	07	Chapters 36-40	The Genitive Case
	14	Chapters 41-42	Place, Space, and Time
	28	Chapters 43-44	Prepositions with Accusative and Ablative
May	05	Chapters 45-48	Pronouns
May	12	Final Exam Session